| Candida species | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | C. albicans | C. glabrata | C. tropicalis | C. parapsilosis | C. krusei | others | |
(n = 201) 100.0% | (n = 81) 40.3% | (n = 73) 36.3% | (n = 28) 13.9% | (n = 8) 4.0% | (n = 6) 3.0% | (n = 5) 2.5% | |
Distribution n(%) | |||||||
 Paediatric patients (≤16 years) | 35(17.4) | 16(45.7) | 18 (51.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.9) |
 0–28 days | 32(15.9) | 16(50.0) | 15(46.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.1) |
 29 days - 1 year | 1(0.5) | 0 (0) | 1(100.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
 2–16 years | 2(1.0) | 0 (0) | 2(100.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
 Adult patients (> 16 years) | 166(82.6) | 65(39.2) | 55(33.1) | 28(16.9) | 8(4.8) | 6(3.6) | 4(2.4) |
 17–49 years | 52 (25.9) | 21(40.4) | 19 (36.5) | 7(13.5) | 1(1.9) | 3(5.8) | 1 (1.9) |
 50–65 years | 56 (27.9) | 11 (19.6) | 23 (41.1) | 14 (25.0) | 5(8.9) | 1(1.8) | 2 (3.6) |
  > 65 years | 58(28.8) | 33(56.9) | 13(22.4) | 7(12.1) | 2(3.4) | 2(3.4) | 1(1.7) |
Gender | |||||||
 Male | 114 (56.7) | 44 (38.6) | 39 (34.2) | 19 (16.7) | 6(5.3) | 2 (1.7) | 4 (3.5) |
 Female | 87 (43.3) | 37 (42.5) | 34 (39.1) | 9(10.3) | 2(2.3) | 4 (4.6) | 1 (1.1) |
Incidence (episodes/1000 admissions) | |||||||
 2013 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
 2014 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
 2015 | 0.27 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
 2016 | 0.37 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
 2017 | 0.32 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
 2018 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
 2019 | 0.26 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
 Mean annual incidence | 0.26 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |